N-iX is a global software engineering and technology services company, building solutions for clients since 2002. Our teams work across Europe, the Americas, and Asia for Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing businesses in finance, retail, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and more. Our Data & Analytics practice designs and delivers modern data platforms on Snowflake, Databricks, Azure and AWS, from first assessment to production at scale.

About The Role
We are looking for a Spanish-speaking Data Architect to lead the design of cloud data platforms for our clients. You will own the target architecture end-to-end, work directly with client stakeholders in Spanish, and guide engineering teams through delivery. The role mixes hands-on technical leadership with consulting: you will shape solutions in pre-sales, run discovery workshops, and stay accountable for architecture quality once the project is live. Responsibilities
* Design end-to-end data architectures on Snowflake and/or Databricks, deployed on Azure and/or AWS: ingestion, storage, processing, serving and consumption layers.
* Define lakehouse and data warehouse patterns (medallion architecture, data vault, dimensional models) and choose the right one for each use case.
* Lead migrations from legacy platforms (on-prem DWH, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server) to the cloud, including assessment, roadmap and cutover plan.
* Set standards for data modelling, pipeline design, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and environment strategy.
* Design data governance, security and compliance: access control, data lineage, cataloguing (Unity Catalog, Snowflake Horizon, Purview),



GDPR and local LATAM privacy laws.
* Optimise platform cost and performance (warehouse sizing, cluster policies, FinOps practices).
* Run discovery workshops and architecture reviews with client business and technical stakeholders, in Spanish and English.
* Support pre-sales: solution design, effort estimates, technical sections of proposals and client presentations.
* Mentor data engineers and review their designs and code; act as the technical point of escalation on the project.
* Prepare data foundations for BI, advanced analytics, ML and GenAI use cases. Requirements
* 8+ years in data engineering or data platforms, including 3+ years as a Data or Solution Architect.
* Hands-on production experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks (at least one in depth).
* Strong knowledge of Azure and/or AWS data services, for example: o Azure: ADLS Gen2, Data Factory, Synapse/Fabric, Event Hubs, Purview, Key Vault o AWS: S3, Glue, Redshift, Kinesis, Lambda, Lake Formation, IAM
* Expert SQL and solid Python or Scala; experience with Spark.
* Proven experience with data modelling (dimensional, data vault) and lakehouse design.
* Experience with orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow, dbt, Azure Data Factory or Databricks Workflows.




* Working knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation) and CI/CD for data.
* Track record of leading at least one cloud data platform build or migration from design to production.
* Client-facing consulting

experience:
running workshops, presenting architecture decisions, managing expectations.
* Fluent or native Spanish and at least B2 English, written and spoken.
* Based in an EU or LATAM country with the right to work there. Nice to have
* Certifications: SnowPro Advanced Architect, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Data Analytics/Data Engineer.
* Streaming architectures (Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, Snowpipe Streaming, Delta Live Tables).
* Data mesh, data products and data contracts in practice.
* MLOps and GenAI data foundations (feature stores, vector search, RAG pipelines).
* Domain experience in banking, insurance, retail, telecom or energy.
* Portuguese for Brazil-based clients.

We offer
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* Adaptable working format
- remote, office-based or flexible
* A competitive salary and good compensation package
* Personalized career growth
* Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
* Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
* Education reimbursement
* Memorable anniversary presents
* Corporate events and team buildings
* Other location-specific benefits
* not applicable for freelancers #J-18808-Ljbffr

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